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SCRANTON, Oct. 8.--Many Of General Mas
ter Workman Powdcrly's Scranton acdunint-
ances believe that Mr.. Powderly ie bound "a
get rich before long, and they speak With pride
OF tho fact that he 10 In much better financial
shape than he was fears ago. Up TO the
present time Mr. Powderly has drawn tt5.s0o
ns salary from tho Knights OF Labor He was
first elected In tho fall OF 1879 as General Mas,
ter Workman, and no has held the ONCE ever
since. From 1879 until 1885 his salary wac
81, 800 year. but ut the Richmond Convention.
last October he got It raised to $4,000 year
That Ia not all tho money Mr. Powderly has 70.
ceived In salaries since he became General
Master Workman Of tho order. however. He
was Mayor OF Scranton when no was hrst
chosen General Master Workman, the works
ingmen Of Scranton having chosen him Mayor
In February. 1878. He was reelected In 1880
and again in 1882. Ho held tho oillco OF Mayor
from April. 1878. until April 1884. and his sol.
airy for tho six years was i.500a year, or 5000
in all. This. added to what the Knights Of La
Dor paid him, makes s24.50o.
Mr.. Powdcriy was not O candidate for the
Mayoralty in 1884. but he was in 1886. A few
weeks before the Convention was TO be hold he
went around among the Leaders ~ se wms IA.
delegates; He found TINT Frank a. Beam,slli
who yas Mayor at that time had been s aroSnnd
pledged themselves to support Beamish. mE
Powderly, then, abandoned the hunt. Soon
PIE for Mayor. He Was lilo most popular man
In the Republican ranks and, although 2 iao.
ton In his party nndertook TO TO get inp22Io 1
friends electod sixty Of the sixty-two dele
gates When this became known Beam,isiIi & ~, =
Powderly In and offered the nomination 20 him.
He told the delegates that he hnd wanted the
nomination while before. but TINT he did noa
L Is ST the beief of many here that Mr. Pow-
DERBY means to run for Congress aEainst OK.
These two men had u little newspaper contro.
not SSng g2 oyer hs saS
that has led some Of his aeauantanees TO sIp.
pose that he would Ike to be put up i9r Con-
about the sme h,s Term n s Year Soce
The recent apportionment made Lackawanna
county o Congressional district by Itself. nn1
e a L sssy III hs b 5sis himself
house on q knoll on the wost sido Of the Lock-
5s ays ssntre sf nhrs sG
house within several rods OF 1t. and from the
windows approaehing interyiewsrs can b9 a seen
Viewer happens to DO one that Mr.. powderly
does not care to soe 1t Is useless Tor the inter-
himself a good deal better than anybody con
him. and ever s an, the S hna
not been SO friendly to newspaper men as he
seemed to be before that time. rs
"powderly is a foxy fellow said man wnQ
Just as soon as anything goes wrong IN the
order he threatens to resign, This is oil DONG
as we'll as do. At Richmond. last October his
voice trembled as he told the hundreds Of dele.
them again. That was done for effect too, and
IL worked tip-top, but, he has never, IN:
tended to resign. He will remain at the head
and when that time comes don't believe he
will consent to run again: ne likes
other channel, and he hopes. that the
workingmen will have a majority In Con-
gress before many years; and no would IKE IN, to
OF national legislation. II that 10 not what he
| hopes for, am much mistaken In the man."